[Megaphone] Automated Texts/Twitter/Facebook for Teams (2014)

[Navid Shafa]

My Mega updates have been coming from two different sources this morning. At first I thought one number might be sending prior notifications and the other post-match scores, but I'm not seeing any trends. It appears to be random...

In case this helps, the numbers I'm receiving texts from:

Spoiler for Number 1:

1-(415)429-7332

Spoiler for Number 2:

1-(269)849-9967

[Zach O]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

My Mega updates have been coming from two different sources this morning. At first I thought one number might be sending prior notifications and the other post-match scores, but I'm not seeing any trends. It appears to be random...

Yep! I've added another number to handle all the texts I'm sending out. There's a hard limit on the number of text messages I can send in a span of time (1/second), so adding another number helps me get them all out faster.

Currently I use a lazy method of dispatching texts to phone numbers, where it's just random. To make it where one user gets a single number for the entire event/season will require a little more work.

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by Zach O

Yep! I've added another number to handle all the texts I'm sending out. There's a hard limit on the number of text messages I can send in a span of time (1/second), so adding another number helps me get them all out faster.

Currently I use a lazy method of dispatching texts to phone numbers, where it's just random. To make it where one user gets a single number for the entire event/season will require a little more work.

This is beautiful.

[zachrobo1]

Zach, do you know when this will be available for the 2015 season? I can't wait to use it next year!

[Zach O]

Originally Posted by zachrobo1

Zach, do you know when this will be available for the 2015 season? I can't wait to use it next year!

Megaphone will be back for the 2015 season, but I can't confirm a timeline or a feature set right now

[guniv]

Will we need to set it up again or will settings move over from last year?

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by Zach O

Megaphone will be back for the 2015 season, but I can't confirm a timeline or a feature set right now

Any update? I'm really missing it

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

Any update? I'm really missing it

^ Ditto

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

Any update? I'm really missing it

https://twitter.com/FRCZach/status/570643355996176384

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by Eugene Fang

https://twitter.com/FRCZach/status/570643355996176384

Thanks Eugene, just saw the new update. Going to check out myTBA now...

[Dunngeon]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

Thanks Eugene, just saw the new update. Going to check out myTBA now...

Then there are the rest of us who have iPhones..... Left out in the cold

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by Dunngeon

Then there are the rest of us who have iPhones..... Left out in the cold

Know any iOS devs?
https://github.com/the-blue-alliance...e-alliance-ios

If you have a server to push to (which you can then use to blast out your own updates) you can use TBA Webhooks as an alternative.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Dunngeon

Then there are the rest of us who have iPhones..... Left out in the cold

What is it specifically that you're looking for that FRC Spyder doesn't offer?

[Zach O]

Sorry all. Things just didn't come together this year.

FRC Spyder and The Blue Alliance are both excellent alternatives for the notification aspect of Megaphone (if you have a smartphone).